Sunday, 22 November 2009

Christmas... Scandinavian style!

I do love vintage Christmas 'finds' from Scandinavia!


I found two of these 1950s Swedish mats when I was browsing ebay, recently.
When the package arrived , there was a note telling me that she, the seller, had found two more and so she was enclosing them as extra for me!
How kind!


They are rather charming , I think.






This candle came from Norway back in the 1970s.
I've never had the heart to light it!

More jolly Christmas bits are on the way, soon!
;-)

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12 comments:

  1. Floss22 November 2009 at 10:51

    Those are great, Sal. The French are very into the 'Scandinavian Christmas' style at the moment - it's very jolly but not OTT.

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  2. Guenievre22 November 2009 at 11:41

    Hello Sal !
    All that is nice !
    Floss is right : a lot of Scandinavian style in all the decoration here ... Too much for me ... I prefer traditional Xmas colours, like I see in your blog and others British blogs.
    J'aime beaucoup ce que tu fabriques !
    Have a nice Sunday!

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  3. Andi's English Attic22 November 2009 at 12:19

    What a generous gesture to enclose two extras. Have fun with them. xx

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  4. P.22 November 2009 at 12:47

    They are very pretty.
    Alfazema

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  5. KC'sCourt!22 November 2009 at 13:58

    I love those Scandinavian mats and what a kind person to enclose two extra ones too.
    Those round mats in the bottom right of the last picture I have twleve of those and I remember exactly where I bought them originally, they weren't very exspensive at the time because I bought six for me and six for mum. I don't know if you remember a shop called Craftsmith, when WHSmiths ventured into crafts in the mid-seventies to early eighties, and I bought them about Christmas 1983.

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  6. Sal22 November 2009 at 14:09

    Ah ..so that's where they came from originally!
    I bought mine last week off Lizzie (The Washerwoman) at the V&H Fair! ;-)

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  7. silverpebble22 November 2009 at 16:39

    I love the simplicity of scandinavian designs - even in the 70s, when let's face it, things weren't always stylish, the patterns from that part of the world were gorgeous.

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  8. The Weaver of Grass22 November 2009 at 17:58

    Add all these christmassy bits to my puddings being made today sal and we are more than half way to getting into the Christmas mood.

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  9. Victoria - Florence and Mary23 November 2009 at 00:02

    Oh these are lovely - great find. They look like what I'd describe as "proper Christmas"!

    Victoria xx

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  10. Josie-Mary23 November 2009 at 06:35

    Lovely mats...what are you going to do with them? Cut them up? How kind of her to add the others.
    Thanks again for my goodies.... Nanny loved the ribbon holder & when I was looking had helped himself to a nice red one!!! :) x

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  11. Rowan23 November 2009 at 07:11

    I like Scandinavian style as well, in Bakewell there is a shop called Chalet which is full of gorgeous things from that area. I also enjoy old and handmade stuff and thought that your V & H Fair sounded just my kind of thing, the Christmas cottage too. Must see whether we have anything like that up in the north.

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  12. Joshy and belle23 November 2009 at 15:46

    i love christmas, and Scandinavian style always feels more christmassy! fliss xx

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